{"id":376,"date":"2017-03-11T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=900"},"modified":"2022-05-20T15:37:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T19:37:23","slug":"the-donelson-expedition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=376","title":{"rendered":"The Donelson Expedition"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the winter of 1779-1780, a group of settlers set out from the present site of Kingsport, Tennessee, sailing down the Holston River to establish a new settlement in the wilderness. They succeeded in reaching Fort Nashborough, later Nashville, Tennessee, after a trek that took them all the way down to the Ohio River, then to the Mississippi, then up the Tennessee River to their new home. <\/p>\n

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